Month: March 2017

So what do Hall of Fame baseball players like Ryne Sandberg, Robin Yount, Nolan Ryan, Ernie Banks and Greg Maddux have in common with newer players like Carlos Correa, Eric Hosmer and Alex Bregman? They are all players depicted as a bobble head figurine made available to fans! And the list does not stop with players as popular announcers such as Bob Uecker of the…

If you admire steadfast men, then it is hard not to admire former MLB outfielder Curt Flood. Regardless whether a person agrees with the stance he took regarding baseball’s labor system in late 1969 and through the early 1970s, the All-Star centerfielder made his stand consistently, with principle and at great personal cost. Indeed, his actions were in line with how the biblical psalm 15…

Being a baseball junkie has never been so easy! The MLB Network (both on television and satellite radio) make following the game a matter of course 24/7/365 if that is desired. And the internet gives such quick access to stats, pictures, simulations, forums, etc.. As the Russian comic, Yakov Smirnoff, used to say, “What a country!”

Some trips are fun, but you are glad to be going home. Other trips make you wish you had never left home! But when it comes to our trip for Spring Training in 2017, well, in all honesty we hate to see it end. What a great trip we have had!